[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 4, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D688-D689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JUNE 5, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to continue 
hearings to examine the state of the banking industry, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine off-highway vehicle management on public lands, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the choices for 
small business in advance of tax reform, focusing on Internal 
Revenue Service Form 1040 Schedule C, Form 1065 Schedule K-1, and 
Schedule S, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
Integration, to hold hearings to examine community preparedness for 
disasters, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine predatory lending in Indian country, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Committee Prints on Administration Legislative Proposals 
on the Animal Drug User Fee Act Amendments of 2008 and the Animal 
Generic Drug User Fee Act of 2008,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic and 
International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Administration's Proposal to Establish a 
Multilateral Clean Technology Fund,'' 1:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
South Asia, hearing on More Than Just Enrichment: Iran's Strategic 
Aspirations and the Future of the Middle East, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, 
and Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``The Merida 
Initiative: Examining U.S. Efforts to Combat Transnational Criminal 
Organizations,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 3652, Protecting Employees and 
Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2007, 9:30 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil 
Liberties and the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights and Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, joint 
hearing on U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General 
Report

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OIG-08-18: The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria, 10:30 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 2306, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act 
of 2007; and H.R. 3699, To provide for the use and distribution of 
the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe v. United States, Docket Nos. 19 and 188 United 
States Court of Federal Claims, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 573, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore 
Corrections Act; H.R. 3702, Montana Cemetery Act of 2007; H.R. 3809, 
To amend the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 
1988 regarding the local coordinating entity of the Delaware and 
Lehigh National Heritage Corridor; H.R. 4199, To amend the Dayton 
Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to add sites to the 
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park; H.R. 4828, Palo 
Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Boundary Expansion Act of 
2007; and H.R. 5583, Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2008, 
2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, hearing on 
Oversight of Federal Financial Management, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on H.R. 4174, Federal Ocean Acidification 
Research and Monitoring Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``The Housing 
Crisis--Identifying Tax Incentives to Stimulate the Economy,'' 10 
a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Maintaining our Nation's Highway 
and Transit Infrastructure, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on Historic Preservation of Railroad Property and 
Facilities, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 2818, To amend title 38, United States 
Code, to provide for the establishment of Epilepsy Centers of 
Excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs; and H.R. 2192, To amend title 38, United States 
Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans 
Affairs; followed by a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4089, To 
amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective 
bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of 
certain employees of the Department of Veterans, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 4463, Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act; 
and H.R. 5888, To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand 
veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department 
facility, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.